EAGLES FOOTBALL GRIDIRON NEWS
Eagles geared to take down
Laredo United aerial show
DISTRICT 29-6A OPENER
By: Conrado Perez, Jr. – Eagle Pass Sports Central
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The early showdown in District 29-6A will take center stage this coming Friday, September 27, 2019 when the high flying Eagle Pass Eagles under the direction of head coach Tom Gonzalez entertain the District preseason favorite Laredo United Longhorns mentored by head coach David Sanchez in a 7:00 PM district opening gridiron encounter at the Eagle Pass ISD Student Activity Center Cozel Foster-Veterans Memorial Stadium Both teams will venture into this game sporting identical overall season records of 3 wins with only one loss.
The visiting Longhorns will showcase their patented prolific aerial show that will flood the airway from the opening kickoff all the way til the final buzzer featuring one the State’s premier passing quarterbacks in veteran Wayo Huerta #10 who is an excellent leader a talented and smart athlete who can also run well with the ball if need be. Joining Huerta in the backfield is the Longhorns featured runner Carlos Jaime #23 a true hardnosed and great cutback runner and a good receiver on swing and screen passes who must be contained and stopped. The Longhorns talented and sure handed corps of wide receivers will be Ricky Chapa #12 as the Z-Receiver a very fast playmaker, Tanner Sanchez #1 as the wing back their best receiver who is very quick and sure handed and is heavily targeted, J.D. Garcia #14 as the slot back who runs good routes and a great blocker when he lines up as the tight end, the other wide receivers will include Aric De Los Santos #5 a very fast receiver with good hands and runs excellent routes and Luz Leal #80 who loves to run the deep patterns.
The Longhorns big, strong and mobile offensive line will be comprised by Edgardo Mireles #67 a three year starter big strong a great pass protector and run blocker, Angel Alvarado #73 at left guard, Rashawn Castaneda #60 at center a very good zone blocker, Marcos Aguilar #68 at right guard very good lineman that does get to the second level, Carlos Gonzalez #74 their best offensive lineman and Jorge Maldonado #69 as the Texan Tackle a big strong but slow lineman.
Defensively the United Longhorns will showcase a Base 4-2-5 scheme with Uriah Lupe #55 as the defensive end, Juan Gonzalez #54 at defensive tackle, Jesse Santos #45 at nose guard and Derrick Ramos #33 as the anchor end. The Longhorns dynamic duo fast and hard hitting linebackers will feature Oscar Gomez #11 as the Will linebackers and Hector Benavides #43 as the Mike linebacker. The Longhorns defensive secondary will be patrolled by Hybrid Danny Gonzalez #9, Tristan Vela #13 at one corner and Rene Hernandez #7 at the other corner, the two safeties will be Jack Sanchez #8 and Diego Gomez #4.
The home standing Eagle Pass Eagles will enter this contest with one of the most balanced diversified offensive squads in the entire UIL Region IV Class 6A with either Domingo Fuentes or Allan Rodriguez as the staring signal caller with the hardnosed runner Isaac Caballero as the featured running back who will be entrusted the majority of the carries and will be backed up by the shifty young newcomer TJ Mares. When the Eagles employ their equally potent passing game the Eagles have a solid sure handed, fast and elusive receiving corps with the likes of Dakota Kypuros, Carlos Santos, Carlos Lopez, Cgc Ritchie and David Lopez all quite capable of hauling in the airmail and taking it to the house from anywhere out on the field. But in order for the Eagles offense to succeed the Eagles offensive line will need to dominate the battles in the trenches.
On the defensive side of the ball the Eagles year in and year out are well known for fielding one of the fastest, aggressive, stingiest, quick pursuing and hard hitting unit not only in South Texas but throughout the entire UIL Region IV Class 6A as well with the famed “Land Sharks” crew of Andres Conde, MJ McGehee, Charlie Shuessler, Santana Martinez manning the front line along with their trio of talented linebackers of Jacob Salinas, Joe Samaniego and Saul Peralez will be armed and ready to nullify the Longhorns running game and will also be expected to apply the pressure to disrupt the Longhorns passing game. The Eagles defensive secondary unit of Kristian Barcena, Mando De Los Santos, David Lopez and Orly Martinez will be severely tested but rest assure they will be ready to accept and meet the challenge head on.
Eagle Pass Sports Central wishes the mighty Eagle Pass Eagles the very best of luck in your district opener against the Laredo United Longhorns and invite the Loyal Legion of Eagles faithful as well as the entire community of Eagle Pass, Texas to come out to the stadium this coming Friday night and support the Eagle Pass Eagles. GO EAGLES! BEAT THE LONGHORNS!